package mmorpg.util;

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import java.util.Comparator;
import mmorpg.model.Entity;


public class EntityComparator implements Comparator{
 
    public int compare(Object emp1, Object emp2){    
 
        //parameter are of type Object, so we have to downcast it to Employee objects
       
        String emp1Name = ((Entity)emp1).getName();        
        String emp2Name = ((Entity)emp2).getName();
       
        //uses compareTo method of String class to compare names of the employee
        return emp1Name.compareTo(emp2Name);
   
    }
 
}